Dart terms and score sheet codes

On the stats pages

3DA, 3-dart average, PPR

Points scored per three darts in 01 games. Full guide.

MPR

Marks per round: marks per three darts in cricket. Full guide.

Win rate

Games won out of games played, in singles, doubles and triples.

Rating

A 0 to 100 score that combines 3-dart average, MPR and win rate. How it’s worked out.

Hot shot

The standout player in a league’s latest week.

Regular season

The scheduled weekly matches, before any playoffs. Career stats here use these.

Division

A group of teams of similar strength within a league.

Reading a score sheet

The turn-by-turn game pages show what each dart hit in cricket and what each turn scored in 01.

S20

A single 20. S is a single, D a double, T a triple.

T19

Triple 19, worth three marks in cricket or 57 points in 01.

S18x3

Three single 18s in one turn.

SB

Single bull: the outer ring, worth 25 or one mark.

DB

Double bull: the inner bull, worth 50 or two marks.

SIDO

Straight in, double out.

DIDO

Double in, double out.

SISO

Straight in, straight out.

Choice

A set where the game isn’t fixed in advance.

Games and matches

01

Any game where you count down from a number ending in 01, such as 301 or 501. How to play.

Cricket

The game played on 15 to 20 and the bull. How to play.

Leg

One game, from the first dart to the winning one.

Set

One slot in a league match: a singles, doubles or triples game, or a short series of legs.

Match

The whole night between two teams.

Singles, doubles, triples

One, two or three players a side.

Steel tip

Darts with metal points, thrown at a bristle board. What every league here plays.

Soft tip

Darts with plastic points, thrown at an electronic board.

Blind draw, luck of the draw, LOD

A tournament where partners are drawn at random. How one runs.

At the line

Oche

The throw line. Say “ockey”.

Cork

The bull. Also the throw at the bull that decides who goes first.

Diddle for the middle

Another name for corking.

Chalker

The person keeping score, from when it was done in chalk.

Round

One turn of three darts.

Bust

Scoring more than you have left, or leaving 1 in a double-out game. The turn doesn’t count.

Out, checkout

The finish. “What’s my out?” means “what do I need to hit?”

Double in

Having to hit a double before your scoring starts.

Double out

Having to finish on a double.

Bounce-out

A dart that hits a wire and comes back. It scores nothing.

Robin Hood

A dart that sticks into the back of one already in the board. It scores nothing either.

Wired

Landing just the wrong side of the wire from what you wanted.

Mugs away

Loser of the last leg throws first in the next.

Game shot

The dart that wins the leg, and what the scorer calls when it lands.

Scores with names

Ton

A turn of 100 or more. A ton-forty is 140.

Ton-eighty

180, three triple 20s. The most you can score in a turn.

High ton

A turn from 151 to 180.

Bed and breakfast

26, from a 20, a 5 and a 1. The classic bad turn at the 20.

Hat trick

Three bulls in one turn.

Three in a bed

Three darts in the same double or triple.

Shanghai

A single, double and triple of the same number in one turn.

White horse

In cricket, three triples on three different numbers in one turn.

Round of nine

Nine marks in a cricket turn: three triples.

Madhouse

Double 1. Where you end up when everything else has been missed.

Bogey number

A total that can’t be finished in three darts, such as 169.

Nine-darter

A perfect leg of 501, finished in nine darts.

Parts of the board and the dart

Bed

Any single scoring section of the board.

Double ring

The thin outer ring.

Triple ring, treble

The thin inner ring.

Fat single

The large single area between the triple and double rings.

Outer bull, inner bull

The 25 and the 50.

Spider

The wire frame that divides the board.

Barrel

The metal body of the dart, where you grip it.

Shaft, stem

The piece between the barrel and the flight.

Flight

The fins at the back.